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The local BJJ Academy has offered me “free” lessons is exchange for cleaning once a week. Nice, huh?

Anyways. Here’s what I’m wondering. Due to my work scheduale/life I’d only be able to make it to one Muay Thai class a week, and two, maybe three BJJ sessions regularly, is it worth it? Or will I just be wasting my time, and allowing myself an un-earned sense of pride and confidence?

Just for a little back-ground, I have about two years (now with about two years off) of BJJ experience, and another ten years of various stand-up fighting under my belt (but no Muay Thai), so I think once I get back into it, I should be able to help myself practice technique on days I don’t go into the formally train.

Is going just a couple times a week put me into the cataloger of the soccer-mom who spins on the stationary for 45min twice a week, or is it something reasonable to do?

Also, from a training perspective, does rolling for an hour or doing the Muay Thai class count as a workout? I’d say no, and I would assume I wouldn’t need to cut my typical training for those days. What do y’all think? I see training for technique and conditioning as separate activities that complement each other, but don’t stand in as substitutes.

Thanks.

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the vast majority of bjj guys only train 2-3 times per week. not everyone can set aside the time to train like they’re going to fight professionally. as for the last part, it really depends how hard you’re rolling.

if you roll like 3 times in one hour just fucking around then that isn’t a workout, but if you’re rotating thru some timed intervals and busting your ass you should probably consider that a workout

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Dude… practice is practice. Take advantage of it.

Exactly how much cleaning are we talking here though?

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at 3 hours a week, you’ll make black belt in 10 years. Sad but true.

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[quote]Steve-O-68 wrote:
Dude… practice is practice. Take advantage of it.

Exactly how much cleaning are we talking here though?[/quote]

1-2 hours a week. Just moping and sanitizing mats and stuff basically. Maybe less, I haven’t gone through the routine yet.

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Congrats man. This seems like an awesome deal, one mans trade for another. Kicking ass as a janitor also reminds me of that Billy Blanks movie “Showdown” (1993). You’re only a soccer mom if you go to BJJ with your SUV and soy latte. Good luck with your decision.

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What a great opportunity, I say jump on it. I know plenty of people who would jump on a chance like that, especially in areas you might be paying monthly fees of $150 or more just for two sessions a week…and a little elbow grease never hurt in character building, and you will be around the gym and probably get to chit chat and possibly get in better with the instructors and other more senior members.

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damn man i would hop on top of that INSTANTLY…classes are so expensive monthly these days esp. if you are different disciples.
Clean the mats and learn what you can…if you don’t find it valuable ditch it…always worth a shot.

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i’d do it

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Some years ago a little man in Japan made a similar deal…his name?

Hideo Tokoro

And now you know…the rest of the story.

[/Garrison Keillor}

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[quote]LUEshi wrote:
Some years ago a little man in Japan made a similar deal…his name?

Hideo Tokoro

And now you know…the rest of the story.

[/Garrison Keillor}[/quote] --eh, Paul Harvey

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[quote]Spartiates wrote:
The local BJJ Academy has offered me “free” lessons is exchange for cleaning once a week. Nice, huh?

Anyways. Here’s what I’m wondering. Due to my work scheduale/life I’d only be able to make it to one Muay Thai class a week, and two, maybe three BJJ sessions regularly, is it worth it? Or will I just be wasting my time, and allowing myself an un-earned sense of pride and confidence?

Just for a little back-ground, I have about two years (now with about two years off) of BJJ experience, and another ten years of various stand-up fighting under my belt (but no Muay Thai), so I think once I get back into it, I should be able to help myself practice technique on days I don’t go into the formally train.

Is going just a couple times a week put me into the cataloger of the soccer-mom who spins on the stationary for 45min twice a week, or is it something reasonable to do?

Also, from a training perspective, does rolling for an hour or doing the Muay Thai class count as a workout? I’d say no, and I would assume I wouldn’t need to cut my typical training for those days. What do y’all think? I see training for technique and conditioning as separate activities that complement each other, but don’t stand in as substitutes.

Thanks.[/quote]

well, how much BJJ do you currently do? and what’s your goal??

if you wanna win ADCC, and you’ve never grappled before, 2x a week prolly won’t get you there. but if you want to do some amatuer MMA, i think that could be a reasonable amount of training time for ya (not counting your other stuff, of course).

plus, free is free. unless they’re a terrible school, i’d do it.

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man you write you have 10 years of stand up and 2 years of BJJ experience. I dont get know why you open a thread.

If you have some experience it is easy. You go to Muay Thai one time and BJJ 2 times per week. And only for technique! When you are finished you grab the other students and spar 1 - 2 times per week.

Additionally you add in your solo work on the heavy bags. Make one sprinting session per week and maybe one or two weight lifting session.

What you can make out of it only depends on how much effort you put into it. Altogether You should make fast improvement. And guess what your trainer will recognize your work and he will give you extra information for the extra work you do.

we can not tell you if that is enough training for you. by the way cleaning the mats after you did a lot of hard work will help getting rid of all that lactat acid… ;=)

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If the free lessons are private lessons, they def go for it. Privates are worth their weight in gold. That is how I got my blue belt in 14 months, which is not fast by any means, but it definitely propelled me in the right direction, much faster.

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[quote]LUEshi wrote:
Some years ago a little man in Japan made a similar deal…his name?

Hong Kong Fooey

And now you know…the rest of the story.

[/Garrison Keillor}[/quote]

Fixed that for you